Saturday, December 8, 2012

Lillian Necakov

THINGS I STOLE
(ME AND LUCKY LUCIANO)

because I wanted

a veranda
a pair of lobster claws
a man’s life
the vowels from your scrabble game
an ice pick
the sulphur from my father’s lungs
the lower east side
electricity
a fedora
pearl harbour
George Raft’s voice
liquid
the beloved farms
an eclipse
a lonely cake
a chestnut flute
Venice
a streetcar full of ambition
a frozen shed
a library
bullets
a nest
a suspicion
a revolutionary pie
a septic tank
another man’s life
a forest fire
a crown
an apology
a rumour
an appendix
a toe.

Lillian Necakov is the author of Hooligans (Mansfield Press, 2011), The Bone Broker (Mansfield Press, 2007), Hat Trick (Exile, 1998), Polaroids (Coach House, 1997), and more. Her work has appeared in anthologies in Canada, the U.S., Europe, and China. She was born in Belgrade and lives in Toronto.